The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-14
BOOK NOTICES.

UNIVERSAL HISTORY. Being the Natural His
tory of the Earth and its Pre- Human Inhabi-
tants, by Edward Hull, LII D., Director of the
Geological Survey of Ireland, with an illus
trated diagram drawn by the author. J. B.
Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, publish
ers. Cloth, 81 25.
In this volume of $50 pages one can gain
the leading facts and ideas of geology. 1t
is valuable summary of all that is known
of the subjects of which it treats, and is
especially valuable to those who wish to be-
come acquainted with that which is most
interesting in geology.
FARM APPLIANCES: A practical manual Ed
tied by George A. Martin. o. Judd Co pub
fishers, 75l Broadway, n. Y.
This volume contains a large amount of
matter that is of very great interest to
farmers. 1t has nearly 200 illustrations
with instructions so complete that the read
or cannot fail to understand them and
fully appreciate whatever advantages they
may have. A farmer who has a knack for
handling tools can save himself many a
dollar by making use of hints to be OBJ
tanned from this book.
DAMoN's GHOST. By Edwin Lassetter Bynner
Tcknor & Co, publishers, 211 fremont street.
Boston.
This is the latest of Ticknor's paper series
of choice reading. The characters depicted
in it are full of entertainment and combine
in an intricate and delightful plot 1t is a
very good story in many ways.
ADR1FT IN THE wnDs By Edward S. Ellis A.
L. Burt, publisher, New York. Paper cover,
price, 25 cents.
This is a story of adventure, and can
hardly fail to interest boys Even those
who are long past boyhood will find it well
adapted to filling an idle hour.
FOR HER DAILY BREAD. By Litere, with preface
By Col. Robert q. lngerSou. Rand, McNally
& Company, publishers, las and ia Monroe
street, Chicago. Paper cover. 25c.
This is a very interesting story. Col In
gersoll says of it: II have read this story,
this fragment of a life, mingled with frag-
ments of other lives and have been pleased.
interested and instructed. 1t is filed with
the pathos of truth and has in it the humor
which accompanies actual experiences"
MAGAZINES.
The November number of the Writer has
number of interesting and instructive
articles. The Writer, Boston, Mass.
The November issue of the Ne,o P, injection
RerietC opens with very fresh and inter-
esting study of ''Shelley," from the pen of
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner. Rev. George
Woolsey Hodge outlines "a Scheme for
Church Reunion in a significant discussion
of the celebrated proposals made by the
no use of Bishops of the Protestant Episco-
pal church Under the title Of 1.-THE
American Idea, Mr. George Cary Eggleston
comments sharply on some late develop
ments Of labor associations. DR..
William Mast, who was a schoolfellow
of the famous German theologian, con-
tributes a deeply interesting chapter of
"Recolections of David Friedrich Strauss. ~
Dean Plumptres Danten is made the sub
iect of critical paper by DR.. Marvin r.
Vincent, in which the defects of work are
clearly pointed out The Ne,0 Princeton
ReUielO is now firmly established as the
representative of the most intelligent and
scholarly class in the country. A. G. Arm
strong & Son, New York.
The November number of The Cosmopol-
itdn opens with beautiful frontispiece of
buffalo bull. Julian Hawthorne's article on
"The Noble Art of Self Defense" illustrated
handsomely by NJ. j. Burns, is certain to at
tract attention, because of its advocacy of
pugiism and the authors personal reminis-
cences of Heenan and Sayers. "The Califor-
MIA Ranch" by Ella Sterling Cummns, isan
illustrated article, giving in an attractive
way mass of information in regard to the
great farms on the Pacific Coast Shirley
Dare, in an article on "a Brighter Outlook
for Women" advocates the revival in a
modified form of the convent for the bene-
fit of unmarried and widowed women that
depend upon themselves for support. Har-
riet Prescott gives a sequel to "Uncle
Mason's Money" under the title Of THE
Pretty Spendthrifts." F. d. Murfree's
story of '"The Show that Came to Sequat-
chez Valley" and NJ. Fulano's ''The Story
of the Priest are unusually excellent.
Schlicht, Field Company, New York city.